Adjustable ground fitting



28, H E ZOGG ADJUSTABLE GROUND FITTING Filed June 29, 1926 IN VEN TOR.

Patented Apr. 28, 1931 stares PATENT. oFFIcE HUDSON E. ZOGG, OF WARNER-S, NEW YORK ADJUSTABLE GROUND FITTING App1ication filed June 29,

10 tures and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanyingdrawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my adjustable ground fitting, the contiguous portions of a conduit and a ground pipe being also shown.

Figure 2 is a plan View of parts seen in Figure 1. I

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Figure 4 is a plan view partly broken away of parts shown in Figure 2.

My invention comprises generally a member having a nipple at one end for connection to the conduit enclosing the ground wire, a member attachable to a ground pipe, 3 means for attaching the ground wire to said last mentioned member and lengthwise and radially adjustable means for connecting said members.

In connecting up a ground wire the wire to be grounded is usually brought up to a water pipe or something similar, in a con duit and attached thereto to complete the circuit.

In so doing it is rather difficult to get the enclosing conduit just the right length and properly aligned with the pipe to which it is to be connected.

In my ground fitting I have provided a construction, whereby the fitting can be lengthened or shortened and one which can be adjusted radially if the conduit is not properly aligned with the ground pipe.

In the drawing the member 1 is provided with a threaded nipple 2 for connection to the conduit as 3 enclosing the ground wire 1926. Serial t which is to be connected in circuit with the ground, as

like as illustrated at 5.

for instance a water pipe or the The member 1 as here shown is provided with a rectangular shaped opening 6 extending from the threaded nipple 2 through the other end of said member.

preferably member 1.

preferably This opening 6 opens through the top of said 7 is a second member, one end of which is rectangular in general form, and

provided with a seat 8 for the ground pipe 5, the other end 9 thereof being provided with an opening therethrough to be hereinafter des cribe The member 7 as here shown is provided with a strap 10 having one end fixed thereto as by the rivet 11 and its other end provided with a series of spaced apart openings as 12.

13 1s a third member one end of which is rectangular in general form and slidably fitting the opening 6 in the member 1. This member is 7 provided with a lengthwise slot 1d and a bolt 15 extends through said slot member 1 adjustment and threads ,into the bottom wall of the thereby providing a lengthwise between the members 1 and 13.

tightened.-

The member 7 is then fixed to the ground pipe'5 with the seat 8 against said pipe and the strap '10 wound around as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The bolt opening in ber 17 is t bolt is put in the free end of the strap 10, and through 18 is then placed through the the clip 16. The clamping memhen placed on the bolt and the through one of the openings 12 the opening in the, end 9 of the member 7,

the-bolt is opening in thereby c0 gether,

then screwed into the threaded the front end of the member 13,

nnecting all of said parts tono This construction allows a radial adjustment between the members 13 and 7 as illustrated in Figure 4 as for instance when the conduit 3 is not at a right angle to the ground pipe as 5 to which it is to be connected.

hat I claim is 1. An adjustable ground fitting comprising a member attachable to a conduit enclosing a ground wire, a member attachable to a ground pipe, means for attaching a ground wire to said last mentioned member means for connecting said members together,-

providing radial and lengthwise adjustments between said members comprising a member having one end thereof slidably connected'to said first mentioned member by a slot and bolt construction, and its other end pivotally connected to said second mentioned member by a bolt.

2. An adjustable ground fitting comprising a member having a nipple at one end for connection to a conduit enclosing a ground wire and a-"rectangular passage extending from said nipple through the other end of said member, a second member having means thereonfor attaching the same to a groundpipe, means for attaching the ground wire to said second member, means for obtaining a length vise adjustment and a radial adjustment between said members comprising a third member having oneend thereof connected in the rectangular passage in saidfirst mentioned member by a slot and bolt construction to said member to allow a lengthwise adjustment and having its other end connected to'the second mentioned member bya bolt passing through said second mentioned member and threading into said last mentioned member to allow a radial adjustment, and means for maintaining said adjustments.

3. An adjustable ground fitting comprising a member attachable to a conduit enclosing a ground wire, a member having means fixed thereto for attaching the same to a ground pipe, said means comprising a strap for encircling said pipe having one end thereof fixed to said last mentioned member, a member having one end thereof connected by a lengthwise adjustable connection to said first mentioned member means for maintaining said adjustments, means for attaching the ground wire to said second mentioned member, and radially adj ustable means for connecting said last mentioned member and said second mentioned member together comprising a bolt towhich the ground wire is attached, said boltfpassingthroug-h the free end of said strap t-hrough one end of said second mentioned member and threadinginto said last mentioned member.

adjustable ground fitting comprising a member having a nipple at one end for nectingthe ground wire to said bolt.

5. An adjustable ground fitting comprisingamemberhaving a nipple at one end thereof for-attaching the same to a conduit enclosing a ground wire, a second member having one end of a strap fixed thereto for attaching the same to a groundpipe, a third member having one end thereof slidably connected to said first mentioned member to allow a lengthwise adjustment, and means for clamping the strap around the ground pipe, the ground wire to the strap and the second mentioned member to the third mentioned member.

6. A device for connecting an electric conductor and its enclosing conduit to a ground conductor comprising a couplingsection having means for attachment to said conduit, a second coupling section adjustable lengthwise of and upon the first named section, a third coupling section' pivotally mounted upon the second section for angular adjustment relatively thereto and provided with means for connections with the ground conductor and means for electrically connectingthe electric conductor to said third section.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 

